The system must be configured to prevent anonymous users from having the same rights as the Everyone group.

STIG ID: WN11-SO-000160 |  SRG: SRG-OS-000480-GPOS-00227 |  Severity: medium |  CCI:  | Vulnerability Id: V-253455

Vulnerability Discussion

Access by anonymous users must be restricted. If this setting is enabled, then anonymous users have the same rights and permissions as the built-in Everyone group. Anonymous users must not have these permissions or rights.

Check

Configure the policy value for Computer Configuration >> Windows Settings >> Security Settings >> Local Policies >> Security Options >> "Network access: Let Everyone permissions apply to anonymous users" to "Disabled".

Fix

If the following registry value does not exist or is not configured as specified, this is a finding:

Registry Hive: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE
Registry Path: \SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Lsa\

Value Name: EveryoneIncludesAnonymous

Value Type: REG_DWORD
Value: 0